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... reality . The same pattern appears in the larger structure of argument . By the close of the first section ( 1-80 ) , much has been stripped away ; the second part of the poem turns from the possible to the actual : " What Riches give ...
... reality . The same pattern appears in the larger structure of argument . By the close of the first section ( 1-80 ) , much has been stripped away ; the second part of the poem turns from the possible to the actual : " What Riches give ...
Page 88
... reality , to distort that reality and at last to replace it with their own creations . The poem thus carries on the argument of To Burlington and To Bathurst concerning the dangers of reducing reality to a scheme or replacing it with an ...
... reality , to distort that reality and at last to replace it with their own creations . The poem thus carries on the argument of To Burlington and To Bathurst concerning the dangers of reducing reality to a scheme or replacing it with an ...
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... reality may be apprehended , but that construct must be used critically if it is to disclose rather than disguise reality . The discontinuities it invites , and indeed enforces , are salutary , leading the reader not merely into a ...
... reality may be apprehended , but that construct must be used critically if it is to disclose rather than disguise reality . The discontinuities it invites , and indeed enforces , are salutary , leading the reader not merely into a ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Human Knowledge and Poetic Structure | 37 |
The Epistolary Pattern | 108 |
Copyright | |
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